By Kate Thomas With a month of the flu season left to go, New South Wales has smashed the number for the largest number of influenza cases in a year. NSW Health has reported nearly 60,000 cases of the flu has been confirmed in NSW so fa...

Produced and reported by Georgia McCarthy 02/04/2016 Awareness of an Obesity epidemic in Australia is well known. The media often broadcast shows or news segments dedicated to showcasing diet tips and health risks associated with high fat/high sugar ...

There is growing concern in the Central West about a disease that is spread by feral pigs and can cause infertility among humans and dogs. The Brucellosis infection has been detected in domestic dogs on the coast of and NSW has prompted human ...

By Ann Carter After a long campaign by the advocacy group, ‘End Rape on Campus,’ the Australian Human Rights Commission has pushed the issue of sexual assault and harassment on university campuses into the national spotlight, following the release of...

By Karina Robson More than 800 Charles Sturt University students responded to a national Human Rights Commission landmark survey on sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities. The findings revealed 18% of the CSU students surveye...

Photo: CSUFC’s First grade ladies playing for final points during the Headspace Cup. Sourced: Lauren Caruana By Lauren Caruana Charles Sturt University Football Club (CSUFC), went head-to-head with Bathurst District Football Association (BDFA),...

Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged between fifteen and fourty-four, with an average of three thousand every year. With roughly 4% of people experiencing a depressive episode, or 14% of people affected by an anxiety disorder wi...

More than fifty mental health organisations have pledged to improve the well being of Australians suffering with mental illness’, amid claims life expectancy for those living with mental illness are 14-23 years less then those living without. Statist...

By Louisa Irvin It’s easy to imagine coming home from work or university, throwing down your backpack and settle in for a night in front of a screen for a night of Netflix bingeing. After a long day filled with exams or assessments, the last thing yo...

By Ciara Bastow KEY POINTS: – A LikeMind Centre has been created to help those suffering mental illness – Psychologist Nicole Manktelow believes young people are most at risk – Over 278,000 young people were diagnosed with anxiety d...